News, Blogs and Essays
"Before Fellowship": Celebrating Women in Natural History at the Linnean Society
This International Women's Day, we celebrate some of our scientific champions—suggested by our staff and members—from the years before 1905
4th March 2022
The embroidery pattern book of Guillaume Toulouze (1656)
Natural history served as a subject for art and crafts for mid-seventeenth century French ladies. Isabelle Charmantier, Head of Collections, finds playful traces of three young French girls in a rare book.
1st March 2022
Gazing into the future: The Student Futures & Research Conference 2022
Episode II: Attack of the Imposter Syndrome. The SFAR Conference is back and better than ever! Tickets available now
27th January 2022
Tabernaemontanus’s 17th-Century Herbal: To Repair, or Not to Repair?
When a 17th-century book starts to decay, do you repair or preserve it? Conservator Janet Ashdown looks at an item from Linnaeus's personal library to explore the solutions.
21st January 2022
Discover More: Symbiosis
Let's look at some of the fabulous ways that different organisms have evolved to cooperate, sometimes to the extent that one or both (or all) partners would not survive without the other. Discover more with Linnean Learning.
17th January 2022
LGBT+ at the Linnean Society
As we look forward to LGBT+ History Month, a number of our staff, curators, and Fellows share their experiences of being LGBT+ in science
10th January 2022